News from World Music Radio

 

DENMARK

World Music Radio posted this today on their Facebook page:

World Music Radio will be off the air for a few hours today, March 10th, from around 12 UTC.  

15700 from north of Randers was switched off yesterday. It will hopefully soon return from another transmitter site. 

The 5930 frequency has had no modulation for some weeks. I am trying to resolve it within a week.  A new 5G router has been purchased. 

The New mailing address (for snail mail) will be announced shortly. Please don't use the old address in Randers anymore.

(Alan Roe, Teddington, UK/BDXC)

DSWCI website information

 

      Danish Shortwave Clubs International ("DSWCI") archive.

From Radio Kurier magazine (published by ADDX and AGDX in Germany) we learn about the permanent arrangements made for the Danish Shortwave Clubs International ("DSWCI") website. Founded in 1956, for many decades, DSWCI was arguably the most international listening community in the world, with

members and readers from dozens of countries on all continents.

Unfortunately, the association was dissolved at the end of 2016,but the website  <http://www.dswci.org> remained accessible until the beginning of 2025, when it was shut down. The ADDX webmaster, Andreas Volk, together with the then DSWCI webmaster, Rolf Wernli, uploaded the entire former DSWCI website to the ADDX server, thus preserving it for posterity.

It can be accessed either via the menu on the left side of the ADDX website 

https://www.addx.de   under "Archive" and then "DSWCI Homepage,"

or by directly entering  https://www.dswci.de

(WWDXC/Top Nx 1625)

Announcement on World Music Radio on mediumwave

 

World Music Radio 927 kHz has been off the air for some time. A lot of problems with the experimental coil aerial, mainly due to strong winds and heavy rain.  After the aerial was fixed, the otherwise very good Hercules transmitter broke down. A 300-watt replacement transmitter was put in place instead, and the Hercules transmitter sent for repair (on July 13).

A few weeks later the replacement transmitter also broke down. There is no news as to when the Hercules can be put back into action.

WMR FB group (2024-08-24)

Repost reminder for DR Kalundborg last broadcast on December 31

 

DR Kalundb 243kHz. Information and Program Schedule.

Yduns MW Info, December 19

Translated from Danish:

Her Majesty Queen Margrethe will get the last word on longwave when DR shuts down the signal from Gisseløre [Kalundborg 243 kHz] on December 31, according to the daily Nordvestnyt on Saturday.

From 15-18 [14.00-17.00 UTC] on New Year’s Eve, DR will broadcast a mix of what has been sent through the station’s 96-years lifespan, in particular music programs but also historical radio clips about and from the station itself.

Exactly at 18 [17.00 UTC], Queen Margrethe’s New Year’s speech will be broadcast live, after which the well-known pause signal “Jeg drømte mig en drøm i nat” [I dreamed a dream last night] fades out and will mark the final switch off of the signal.

Kalundborg Langbølgesender FB group (2023-12-18)

The carrier is switched on some minutes before the start of the interval signal (IS) and stays on for some time after the end of each broadcast.

For a fine reception, you should use the very sensitive Danish SDR (Software Defined Radio) located near Skanderborg in Eastern Jutland: www.85.191.35.22:8073

Also, there is generally very good reception using the University Enschede Twente SDR receiver, and north German SDRs.

About the programs:

The interval signal (IS) at the start of the broadcasts is a recording of the mechanically played IS and is an old Danish song, “I dreamt a dream tonight about silk and rich clothes…“. It was used for the first time on August 28, 1931.

The other interval signal heard is composed for the long wave broadcasts.

Weather forecasts: They were broadcast directly from the Danish Meteorological Office. The forecasts terminated at 11.45 CET on November 1st, 2023, and were replaced by a short info program and

interval signal.

The News relays are taken from DR’s P4.

The Church Service is broadcast live from the Cathedral of Copenhagen, but remotely controlled. Also broadcast on DR P2 and DR TV channel 2.

The Excercises, “ Body and Movement“, are a number of old recordings, each lasting 10 minutes.

Marine Intelligence, broadcast from the Defence Operations Center, including gunnery practices at the end. The information is repeated.

The very last broadcast is on December 31, at 17.40-approx. 18.30 CET. Information in Danish about the closure of 243 kHz: www.dr.dk/am (use Google translate).

https://mediumwave.info/news/

DR Kalundborg station update

 

Denmark

DR Kalundborg 243kHz. Information and Program Schedule

The carrier is switched on some minutes before the start of the interval signal (IS) and stays on for some time after the end of each broadcast.

For a fine reception, you should use the very sensitive Danish SDR (Software Defined Radio) located near Skanderborg in Eastern Jutland: www.85.191.35.22:8073

Also, there is generally very good reception using the University Enschede Twente SDR receiver, and north German SDRs.

About the programs:

The interval signal (IS) at the start of the broadcasts is a recording of the mechanically played IS and is an old Danish song, “I dreamt a dream tonight about silk and rich clothes…“. It was used for the first time on August 28, 1931.

The other interval signal heard is composed for the long wave broadcasts.

Weather forecasts: They were broadcast directly from the Danish Meteorological Office. The forecasts terminated at 11.45 CET on november 1st, 2023 and were replaced by a short info program and

interval signal.

The News relays are taken from DR’s P4.

The Church Service is broadcast live from the Cathedral of Copenhagen, but remotely controlled. Also broadcast on DR P2 and DR TV channel 2.

The Excercises, “ Body and Movement“, are a number of old recordings, each lasting 10 minutes.

Marine Intelligence, broadcast from the Defence Operations Center, including gunnery practices at the end. The information is repeated.

The very last broadcast is on December 31, at 17.40-approx. 18.30 CET. Information in Danish about the closure of 243 kHz: www.dr.dk/am (use Google translate).

https://mediumwave.info/news/

(Mike Terry/BDXC)

Danish station announcements on mediumwave

 

Denmark    

Stig Hartvig Nielsen informs:

World Music Radio has now ceased broadcasting on 927 kHz. It is not known at this point if or when operations on 927 kHz may reoccur. Streaming continues on the net as well as broadcasting on shortwave 5930, 15700 (Sat-Sun) and 25800 kHz.

Re: World Music Radio 927 and Radio208 1440 cease broadcast - licenses not renewed yet.

Radio208 has now ceased broadcasting on 1440 kHz. It is not known at this point if or when operations on 1440 kHz may reoccur. Streaming continues for the time being on the net as well as broadcasting on shortwave 5970.

The closures of operations on 927 and 1440 kHz come after the Agency for Culture and Palaces (Slots-and Kulturstyrelsen) in The Ministry of Culture still has not issued the annual license. An application for a new license was sent in March. It is presumed that the Agency has changed its practice regarding "trial licenses", so it is not known whether a new license will be issued whatsoever.

(73s Ydun Ritz on MWList 12 June;

World Music Radio on F_B, via Alan Pennington-UK BrDXC-UK iogr June 12)

(Top Nxs/1545-20 June 2023)

World Music Radio schedule update

 

Effective: 28 November 2022

927 kHz (300W) from Hvidovre – daily 0000-2400 UTC

5930 kHz (100W) from Bramming – Saturday & Sundays 0900-1600 UTC (times are approx)

15700 kHz (10W*) from Randers – Saturday & Sundays 0900-1600 UTC (irregular at other times)

25800 kHz (60W) from Mårslet, Aarhus – daily 0000-2400 UTC

As well as via online streaming from www.wmr.radio

*) A new 300W transmitter is due to be installed for 15700 kHz soon.

World Music Radio FB group (2022-11-28)

World Music Radio schedule update

 

Denmark

World Music Radio via Bramming, Randers & Marslet Aarhus, Denmark 

All times  UTC

Programming from 0700 on 5930 BRG 0.1 kW / 000 deg to NoEu Music/various languages on Saturday to 1800 on 5930 BRG 0.1 kW / 000 deg to NoEu Music/various languages on Sunday

0700-2000 on 15700 RND .01 kW / 180 deg to SEEu Music/Various languages Sat

0700-2000 on 15700 RND .01 kW / 180 deg to SEEu Music/Various languages Sun

0000-2400 on 25800 MAA .06 kW / non-dir to WeEu Music/Various languages daily 

(DXB 11 Oct 2022/Teak Publishing

World Music Radio adjust their schedules

 

The high cost of electricity in Denmark has caused World Music Radio to reduce their broadcast schedule as; 5930 and 15700 kHz air on weekends only, with reduced power (100kW) on 5930 kHz to 1kW on 15700 kHz.

Frequencies 927 (250W) and 25800 kHz (60W) kHz continue on a 24/7 hour schedule. WMR is also available online at http://radio.garden/listen/world-music-radio-classic-am-927/g27WAsrY

Printed QSL cards available for correct reception reports to WMR, PO Box 112, DK-8960 Randers SØ, Denmark, with return postage (1-IRC or 5 Euros). No QSLs will be verified for remote receivers. 

(Stig Hartvig Nielsen) https://www.wmr.dk/

Denmark's Radio OZ-Viola schedule update

 

Denmark

"For the rest of the B21, until March,, 2021,  our broadcast will take place on 6055 kHz from 1300 CET [1200 UTC].

This only applies to our weekend broadcast. Our Midnight Jazz is still on 5980 kHz from 2300 CET [2200 UTC Wednesdays].

So remember 6055 kHz in the weekends."

"Remember we start up exactly 13:00 CET when the powerful German religious transmission ends on weekends.

The Midnight Jazz begins just after 23:00 CET when the Turkish transmitter ends on Wednesdays."  

(Jan Sorensen on Radio OZ Viola Facebook page)

(BDXC)

Denmark's World Music Radio frequency update

 

World Music Radio (WMR) is back on 927 kHz as of today October 28th with 250 Watts of power from Hvidovre, Copenhagen. The transmitter has been operating with only 25 Watts since October 13th . WMR is also heard on 5930 kHz (200 Watts), 15790 kHz (10 Watts – only Saturdays and Sundays) and 25800 kHz (50 Watts) – as well as streaming via http://www.wmr.radio

Radio208 continues on 1440 kHz (250 Watts) and 5970 kHz (100 Watts) – as well as via www.radio208.dk 

Stig Hartvig Nielsen (2021-10-28)

(Ydun's Medium Wave Info)

World Music Radio schedule update

Denmark

World Music Radio will be on the air on 15805 kHz (200 Watts) - 24 hours a day - from June 20th 07 UTC continuously to June 28th 20 UTC.

Reception reports welcome at: wmr@wmr.dk - and World Music Radio, PO Box 112, DK-8960 Randers SØ, Denmark (kindly enclose return postage, 5€, 5$ or 2 IRCs).
(Stig Hartvig Nielsen on WRTH - World Radio Tv Handbook Facebook group, 20 June)

World Music Radio back on shortwave

DENMARK

After having been silent on SW since September 2019, World Music Radio (WMR) is now back on 15805 kHz using a 3 element YAGI beamed south - every Saturday and Sunday at 07-20 UTC.

The transmitter power is 200 Watts and the signal is audible almost worldwide for dedicated DXers. Unless one is in Eastern Jutland, Denmark and can get the ground wave, having a good receiver, a good aerial and being at a site without man made interference - as well as having patience
- and listening at the right time of the day (when propagation is best) is needed in order to catch WMR on 15805 kHz.

Best reception usually is in Southern Europe, but it is also possible to receive 15805 kHz in the Eastern Europe, Middle East, all over Africa, in parts of South America and the Eastern part of North America. Also in Asia "on a good day".

Sometimes 15805 kHz suffer from some interference from a Chinese station on 15800 kHz.

Sometimes short skip propagation is providing excellent reception in Central Europe. But propagation is changing all the time and catching the low power signals from WMR on 15805 kHz is really a challenge for DXers in most places. It is not just switching on your receiver and tuning in -
as is often the case with big international broadcasters using 100,000 - 500,000 Watts of power.

Please note that the signals of WMR on 15805 kHz are only suitable for AM listening, so don't use SSB.

Reception reports are acknowledged by an eQSL for reports sent to  wmr@wmr.dk  or by a QSL card (as well as stickers and as long as stocks last:a pennant) for reports sent to

World Music Radio
P.O.Box 112
DK-8960 Randers S+, Denmark, Europe

(kindly enclose return postage: 2 IRCs, 5 Euro or equivalent. Sorry but one or two US dollars won't do) Please note that reception reports using remote receivers (such as remote Kiwi SDRs) are not QSLed.

There are two reasons for WMR being off air on SW for several months.

First the Danish Telecom agency refused to issue a new license to utilise "out of band frequencies on a non-interference basis". This issue was however settled. Second problem was a storm which damaged the Yagi aerial.

The aerial was repaired a few days ago and it now works very well again - from the transmitter site just north of Randers in Eastern Jutland, Denmark.

The second SW frequency of WMR, 5840 kHz, is expected to be back on the air from a new transmitter site by the end of April 2020.

Best 73s
Stig Hartvig Nielsen-DEN, hcdx April 11.
www.wmr.radio   &  www.radio208.dk

Schedule news from World Music Radio

Denmark
Some more details about this, including QSL info, from Stig (NB no QSLs will be issued for reports via remote receivers):

World Music Radio (WMR) commenced broadcasting on 15805 kHz on December 24th
2018 with a power of 200 W. Transmissions were irregular for the first couple of days, but should hopefully now be regular. The old transmitter and the simple aerial willing. Until January 6th 2019 the approx. hours of daily operation will be 0700-2000 UTC.   As from January 7th 15805 kHz will
probably be on the air Saturday-Sunday only.

Power is only 200 W, which of course is a very low on the 19 meter band, propagation is quite poor on this band now - and the aerial (a simple dipole) is not very efficient so reception is quite difficult and irregular.

So far -  poor to fair reception in Southern Europe has been observed in daytime till around 1300 UTC and fair to good reception in Ireland, Scotland, western England and Iceland has been experienced during evenings around 17-20 UTC.

Transmissions on 5840 kHz continues 24/7 with a power of 100 W.

The transmitter site for 5840 as well as 15805 kHz is Randers, Denmark.

QSL Cards
Please note that the current QSL-design will be used for reception reports covering reception in 2018 only. A new design will be used in 2019.

An eQSL is available for reports sent to wmr@wmr.dk - a reply can be expected within a month or so.

A printed QSL is available for reports sent to World Music Radio, PO Box 112, DK-8960 Randers SØ, Denmark.  Return postage is kindly required. For a fast reply enclose 5 euro or 5 USD (QSL will be mailed from Denmark, where postage rates are the highest in the world - 29DKK for a post card). If less return postage is enclosed, you will still get a QSL-card, but will have to wait some time till the QSLs can be mailed out from outside of Denmark.

Please note that no QSLs are available for reports made by listening via remote receivers.

MEDIUM WAVE

No news as for 927 kHz Copenhagen. Still struggling to find a transmitter site there.

Best 73s and Happy New Year,
Stig Hartvig Nielsen,
World Music Radio - WMR
www.wmr.radio
(HCDX)